ABILENE – The Wildcats return home on Saturday night after a three-game stint on the road. ACU went 1-2 on the road trip including two overtime games and dropped to 6-3 in conference play. The team will look to put those games in the past and focus on the task at hand as they host UIW in the second game of a doubleheader with the women's team on Saturday. The Cardinals sit at 2-7 in conference play, coming off a win over Houston Baptist. With the Cardinals holding an 8-4 advantage in the series since the teams move to DI the Wildcats will look to continue their four-game winning streak
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- ACU vs UIW: Saturday, Feb. 1 – 7:00 p.m. –
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SERIES HISTORY
- UIW leads the series 12-6.
- Since joining the Southland, UIW holds an 8-4 advantage but the Wildcats have won the last four meetings.
- ACU won the last meeting 81-52 at Moody Coliseum to send last year's seniors out with a win on Senior Day.
- Five different Wildcats scored in double figures for ACU in the last meeting including
Joe Pleasant (12) and
Payten Ricks (11).
- In the Wildcats four-straight wins over the Cardinals, they have won by 10 or points each time.
ACU STORYLINES
- The Wildcats fell on the road at SFA on Wednesday, 71-61, and committed a season-high 27 turnovers.
- Senior,
Payten Ricks, was held to just six points and put up just four shots in the game.
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Coryon Mason is coming off his third-straight game scoring at least 14 points, and went 5-7 from the field at SFA.
- The Wildcats shot well from the field but were held to just 61 points, their lowest scoring effort since putting up just 66 points at Wichita State.
- Despite the turnovers on Wednesday the Wildcats still remain top-3 in the country in turnover margin at plus-6.3.
SCOUTING UIW
- UIW comes into the game with just five wins on the season, and just two DI wins over New Orleans and Houston Baptist.
- The Cardinals are coming off a win over Houston Baptist, 84-82. UIW was down four at the half but rallied back to hand the Huskies their 17
th loss of the season.
- The team is averaging just 65 points per game while giving up almost 74 points per game to their opponents.
- Keaston Willis leads the team in scoring, averaging 12.9 points per game. Drew Lutz is also averaging double-digit scoring for the Cardinals.
